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Medieval women, material culture, and power : Matilda Plantagenet and her sisters /

"This book argues that the impressive range of belongings that can be connected to Matilda Plantagenet, duchess of Saxony--textiles, illuminated manuscripts, coins, chronicles, charters, and literary texts--and her sisters allows us to perceive elite women's performance of power, even when...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jasperse, Jitske (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leeds : Arc Humanities Press, [2020]
Colección:Gender and power in the premodern world
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  • USAGE AND CONVENTIONS
  • PREFACE
  • INTRODUCTION: MATERIAL CULTURE AND PERFORMANCE OF POWER
  • Chapter 1. Staging the Bride and her Treasure
  • Chapter 2. Small Items Making Big Impressions: Coins and Seals
  • Chapter 3. Devotion and Dynasty on Parchment
  • Chapter 4. Trappings Vested with Power
  • Epilogue: Materializing Power and Its Afterlife
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index